Citizens' satisfaction

In 2013, after a sharp decline in 2012, the citizens’ satisfaction with life in general shows a substantial stability. Instead, the satisfaction with specific aspects […]

Urban environment quality

In 2012, the motorisation rate was about 609 cars per thousand inhabitants (-0.7% over the previous year); the number of motorcycles was almost stable at […]

Urban green areas

In 2011, urban green areas were 2.7% of the territory of provincial capitals (more than 550 million of m2). 14.8% of the municipal area is […]

Report on Equitable and Sustainable Well-being

In this first Report on “Equitable and Sustainable Well-being” (Benessere  Equo e Sostenibile – Bes) the National Council for Economics and Labour  (Cnel) and the […]

Investments on environmental protection

The environmental protection expenditure for industry, in 2010, is 1,925 million euros, of which 1,440 million euros are investments in equipment and plant for pollution […]

Environmental expenditure of Italian regions

The 2004-2010 time series of regional administrations’ environmental expenditure are calculated through the budget analysis methodology: every single expenditure item of the regional administrations’ public […]

Material flows of Italian economic system

Istat makes available the time series on the use of materials of the Italian socioeconomic system for the years 1991-2009. The information provided by the […]

Environmental taxes in Italy

Istat releases the 1990-2010 time series on environmental tax revenue in Italy. Consistently with the international guidelines on environmental taxes, Istat applies the following definition […]

Pollution load of urban waste water

Istat disseminates estimates of pollution load of urban waste water due to biodegradable load produced by domestic and economic activities for the year 2009.  These […]

Well-being dimensions for citizens

Istat asked a sample of 45,000 residents in Italy to assign a score between 0 and 10 to a list of 15 topics corresponding to […]